by Anthony Ayiomamitis
Equipment: AP 160 f/7.5 StarFire EDF
AP 1200GTO GEM
SBIG ST-2000XM
SBIG CFW10
SBIG LRGB + IR-block
Exposures: Lum: 030 min (10 x 03 min)
Red: 030 min (05 x 06 min)
Green: 030 min (05 x 06 min)
Blue: 030 min (05 x 06 min)
Dark: 135 min (15 x 3+6 min)
Binning: 1x1 (Lum), 1x1 (RGB)
Processing: Reduction, two-star manual registration/alignment, average-combine, colour balance for QE with adjustment for atmospheric extinction, DDP, background normalization, RGB combine, levels/curves, saturation, levels with luminance layering, slight unsharp masking, despeckle, 16- to 8-bit conversion.